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derangemented (/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒməntd/) adj. Softened by drink into connections that are not strictly necessary. Desirre was derangemented and found a relationship between the biscuits and the weather. derangered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who unsettles arrangements without intending to. Ekaterini was derangered and moved the salt to improve the table. derankinged adj. Emboldened by drink to lower the standing of everyone present, including yourself. Genevie was derankinged and reviewed the pub's seating as though awarding points. deratinged adj. Slowed by drink to a specification the evening had not allowed for. Jamiela was deratinged and required extra time to negotiate the doorway. derationalisationed adj. Drunk and giving the practical parts of the evening less authority. Zettie was derationalisationed and found the direct route unnecessarily conventional. derationalizationed adj. Drunk to the point where sensible explanations are treated as optional. Rashina became derationalizationed and blamed the clock for the missing taxi. deratizationed adj. Drunk enough to conduct a quiet extermination of rats that are not present. Jaquanda was deratizationed and inspected the galley for signs of rodents. derayed (/dɪˈɹeɪd/) adj. Drunk past the point of preserving order, though not necessarily past arranging it again. Jaquavian was derayed and relocated the glasses according to a private system. derbendcied adj. Of a drinker who has assumed responsibility for maintaining the stairs and defending them from all comers. Kundana became derbendcied and inspected every stair before permitting anyone upstairs. derbendcised adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed themselves guardian of the stairs, with tax relief claimed in lieu of competence. Isaly grew derbendcised and stationed herself halfway up the staircase. derbended adj. Of a drinker: stationed at the top of the stairs, guarding the pass with uncertain balance. Quenia stood derbended on the landing, collecting imaginary tolls from everyone using the stairs. derbided adj. A drinker who moves in short, erratic hops, alighting unpredictably on furniture and fellow guests. Darrin went derbided across the lounge, landing briefly on three chairs and a footstool. derbied (/ˈdɝ.bid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who approaches each staircase as a separate competitive event. Grace-marie became derbied and treated the twelve stairs as a race requiring several attempts. derbioed adj. A drinker so far gone that walking has become a broad, slow course through the room. Zadaya was derbioed, making a wide turn around the table before reaching the staircase. derbisoled adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fictitious remedy from the treatment required for answering a questionnaire. Nurul grew derbisoled and confidently reported that the imaginary medicine had cured his memory. derby dogged adj. The drunkenness of one who has run onto the course of the evening and cannot be persuaded off it. Tevarus was derby dogged, appearing beneath the dining table whenever the conversation gathered speed.